Stonehenge Site: Barstovian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Miomustela sp.
Hall 1930
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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? Edaphocyon sp.
Wilson 1960
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| postcranial, M. gunteri and M. goorisi are present in nearby sites | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Limnoecus niobrarensis
Macdonald 1947
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| NISP <= 41, some from TVOR; includes additional 35 specimens reported by Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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473 specimens | |||||||||
| see also Schiebout and Ting 1996; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Texomys ritchiei
Slaughter 1981
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252 specimens | |||||||||
| "T. sp." of Schiebout 1997a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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? Ammospermophilus sp.
Merriam 1892
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Nototamias ateles
(Hall 1930)
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= Nototamias sp.
Pratt and Morgan 1989
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| probably new species of Ting and Schiebout 1997; NISP <= 5, some from TVOR | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eucastor cf. pansus
(Cope 1874)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Schiebout and Ting 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Proheteromys sp.
Wood 1932
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325 specimens | |||||||||
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= Geomyoidea indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| "Heteromyidae indet." of Schiebout 1977a; NISP based on Schiebout and Ting 2000 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Vernon |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 93.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 90.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fleming | Member: | Castor Creek |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
| Collection size: | 780 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:actually in Vernon "Parish" total generically identifiable NISP < 780 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18659 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-21 05:34:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3030. | J. A. Schiebout. 1997. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at two locations on Fort Polk, Louisiana. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Contract No. DACW63-90-D-0008, Delivery Order 13 [No sponsoring agency report number given] 1-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 4152 | J. A. Schiebout and S. Ting. 2000. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at locations in the Castor Creek Member, Miocene Fleming Formation, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Louisiana State University Report to the Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Texas, USA 1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |